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SHINTOIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Shintoist mean?
• SHINTOIST (noun)
The noun SHINTOIST has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SHINTOIST used as a noun is very rare.
• SHINTOIST (adjective)
The adjective SHINTOIST has 1 sense:
1. relating to or characteristic of Shintoism
Familiarity information: SHINTOIST used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A believer in Shintoism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Shintoist" is a kind of...):
adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)
Holonyms ("Shintoist" is a member of...):
Shinto (the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan)
Derivation:
Shintoism (the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Shinto; Shintoist; Shintoistic
Context example:
Shinto temples
Pertainym:
Shintoism (the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors)
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